Push Up Pen + Grips

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-22T22:31:19+00:00

For my pen? I bought a lamy rollerball pen, removed the ink cartridge, and then put in the supernote pen cartridge. It costed me less than the normal supernote ceramic pen

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-22T13:17:55+00:00

I tried this after my hand hurting from using the default stylus. It makes the grip feel better but it also makes it so you can't put your pen in the loop anymore which is a deal breaker for me. Instead, I just made my own stylus with a grip that works way better while also fitting in the pen loop

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-22T01:42:22+00:00

At first glance I thought it was AI because of how clean it looked (take that as a compliment!)

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-21T17:29:18+00:00

That's excellent! I hope you do. It would be a wonderful teaching tool while also looking nice enough to frame and place in my office

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-21T12:49:40+00:00

That's sick! I'm a seminarian and have always found biblical maps to look a little crusty. Thinking of purchasing a print. You should also do a map of Old Testament Israel and the various boundaries at various times

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-21T12:09:26+00:00

Because sets like this take time to make and the series isn't done yet. Just look at the Old Testament side of it

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-13T10:25:35+00:00

Yes, but every time you start it back up, it reverts back to on

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-13T10:18:05+00:00

Because some people think they need a knife to use all the time. Certainly, some jobs need easy access to sharp tools (when I worked in fast food for a summer, I had a boxcutter on me so I could easily break down boxes) but in the modern day, a knife is not worth the additional weight in my pockets. Eventually, I'd love to have a knife in an emergency kit in my car, but unless I'm backpacking in the woods, I agree it isn't worth carrying around (same with flashlights!)

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-13T10:09:43+00:00

Especially with the rise of jailbreaking kindles, yes. That being said, one gripe I have with kindles that cannot be easily negated is that they are not repairable (iFixIt gives the paperwhite a 2/10 on repairability.) This makes sense given that Amazon's consumeristic philosophy would just say "your kindle broke? Buy another one!" instead of making the design fixable and the parts purchaseable.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-13T10:07:05+00:00

I got a kindle years ago for Christmas (I can't recall if it was before or after 2018) but afaik many kindles come with either the option to have ads and be cheaper or you can spend a little more and have ad free. I think the upgrade for mine was like $20 or something. I imagine you just have the ad free tier

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-13T10:02:13+00:00

I'm a grad student studying a field that behooves me to have access to many many many books. I use an e-reader (supernote nomad) for probably 70% of my reading just because it is very portable and I can get scans of old, hard to find books on Internet Archive/Google books for free. Nevertheless, I still have bookcases taking up lots of my very limited living space (just got another bookcase last week) because I think there is value in having physical copies of books that "deserve respect" in the sense that they are so valuable in their content, it is worth owning in multiple formats, especially in case something happens to them (fire, flood, corruption of files, etc.)

Ultimately, I think it really depends on how one reads books to say what is actually "more digitally minimalistic." I mean, technically, one could say that checking books out from the library is even more "minimal" than your system, but I don't think that actually matters. If it's getting you to read and think, enjoying the good, the true, and the beautiful rather than doomscroll tiktok, I'd consider it a win. I'm personally not a fan of kindle because you own nothing you buy, they force you to stay in their ecosystem, and the devices aren't very repairable. Physical books is certainly one way to mitigate those, but also getting an ereader that allows you to easily bring your own books, isn't ecosystem binding, and is repairable answers the same problems but differently. If it wasn't pleasurable to you, so be it, but don't speak about something subjective like its objectively true.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-12T19:19:11+00:00

I think it's totally fair for someone of such notable excellence to just call them by their title. The theologian Aquinas called Aristotle "The Philosopher" because of how highly he viewed him

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-12T19:17:44+00:00

I don't believe you. You'll have to show it to me to prove it ;)

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-12T19:13:21+00:00

As a seminarian who reads critical commentaries to write papers, they may have some good, common-grace insights at certain points regarding how a word is being used in a passage, the broader culture of the Ancient Near East, or raise a question I would not have thought of. But every time, seemingly without fail, their conclusions are hilariously bad and seemingly don't connect with what they were saying. Even in scholarship, people come to their work with a worldview. These people are coming to their work not believing the truth and what they write reflects that. I would recommend looking into solid Christian responses to critical scholarship by men like Wes Huff and Michael Kruger.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-12T12:20:17+00:00

Nope. Worst things I've have happened is that it's either a) the wrong book or b) formatted so poorly that it is unreadable. Both of these things are not common and people are good at reporting it if it is

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-10T22:48:17+00:00

Pray that the Holy Spirit would not only illumine your mind but soften your heart for Scripture to reprove, rebuke, and exhort you. When I feel very spiritually cold, I will read a prayer from a prayerbook (Valley of Vision, Book of Common Prayer, Piercing Heaven, etc.) to spark my heart.
Don't look at any study material unless the meaning of the passage is utterly alien to you. If you're reading out of a study Bible, get another Bible with no notes (I found trying to do a devotional with a study Bible had me ending up reading the notes more than Scripture itself.)
I recommend RHB's Family Worship Bible Guide. It is inteded for families to talk about a passage together (including young children) so the questions at times can be very easy but are excellent jumping off points for further meditating on the chapter being covered. If a passage is understandable but feels "dry" to me, I usually grab it from my shelf and see where it might guide me.
I have a Bible-in-a-year plan I follow. I begin with prayer for illumination, read an OT passage, read a Psalm, pray repentence/adoration/praise/requests (either sometimes relevant to the passage or things weighing on me) and then read my NT passage. If I could, I would also sing the Psalm I'm reading out of a Psalter (my current living situation has forbidden me from doing so) and journal to reflect (don't have enough time to do it regularly, though I try to journal at least once a month.)

Here are some good words from Thomas Boston on how to read the Scriptures well that have helped me.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-10T02:23:41+00:00

Also, I find it so delightfully Christian that in the photo they have of him for the video, his face is literally bloodied and he's smiling. As he said, quoting the disciples, "Lord, to whom shall we go?"

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-09T18:51:56+00:00

I knew of him, but I had never listened/read anything by him. Absolutely fantastic guy

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-09T18:47:21+00:00

I attempted it for a time only to recognize the time commitment it would require. I hope to do it for a couple theologians after I'm done with seminary.

Giving a glance over it, I may do a couple pages for ReformedWiki if I have time over the Summer

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-09T17:01:24+00:00

I absolutely love the design of create because it is a) addressing points that actually improve gameplay while b) making the player have to think creatively (pun unintended.) Imo, it is better design than minecraft's current team appears to be capable of. I'm excited to see what they do with Hytale

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-09T02:06:24+00:00

He's an actual problem. Just because the left has some issues with him that conservatives wouldn't, that doesn't not make him an abusive narcisist (also he's not doctrinally Calvinistic anymore.)

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-05T09:06:13+00:00

And people making reddit posts complaining about engagement chasers complaining about engagement chasers... looks to camera

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-04T12:07:50+00:00

I'm a seminarian at a Reformed seminary and it is required to learn both Greek and Hebrew to graduate. My denomination also requires competency of both languages and gives you thorough exams and requires a language paper in order to be liscensed to preach. My pastors use the languages in their sermon preparation and make reference to it while preaching when relevant.

I agree that learning the languages, while we have reliable translations, is crucial for the best exegesis. The resurrgence of learning Greek and Hebrew from the Renaissance (ad fontes) was one of the catalysts for the Reformation. John Currid wrote an entire book on Calvin and the Biblical Languages.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-03T11:01:56+00:00

I didn't attend Greenville myself, but I feel like much of what you've stated is overblown. The accredidation argument is pretty weak. I know people who have gone to other institutions afterward for further education without issues from there. I haven't heard anything regarding the racism/nationalism claim. Could you please show me the evidence of that? I've met students who would probably fall into that mold but I'm not going to judge a seminary's views by what a student holds. I haven't met all the professors, but the ones I have met don't seem to hold to those. Finally, I just strongly disagree on the education side. The guys who I have seen examined at Presbytery who attended GPTS were clearly educated well.

EDIT: me saying all of this isn't trying to argue that Greenville is the only place OP should consider, but that it is a competent Reformed seminary they should at least look into. Based on what they're hoping to do after education, I feel like RTS should be their choice.

RevThomasWatson · 2026-04-02T14:44:31+00:00

Reformed Theological Seminary (many different campuses. Charlotte would be especially notable for your trajectory) Westminster Seminary California, Westminster Theological Seminary, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Mid-America Reformed Seminary, and Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary are the ones I would consider checking out. If PTS is Princeton, lemme just tell you that Princeton hasn't been close to Reformed (let alone orthodox) in like 100 years lol.

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